If you use assessments as part of your practice, consider including these questions to identify people who have experienced gambling harms, whether due to their own gambling or as affected others:
Has your gambling or the gambling of someone close to you had an effect on your life?
Is your own gambling or that of someone else causing you any worry?131https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/identifying-gambling-harms
This could include financial problems, relationship problems or poor mental health such as depression, anxiety or stress.